I hadn't quite understood from the description exactly what this did, but it looks like I'm basically running NPVR within XBMC, or at least looking at NPVR running on the server (?).

Anyway the scheduling of programs via XBMC is basically non existent, so this looks like a solution to the missed programs I've had since moving from an NPVR front end to XBMC.

So the actual question is; are there any limitations to XNEWA compared to running a full NPVR client, or are they basically identical as far as functionality?

Hi!
Quick one... I have both freesat and freeview coming into my npvr box.... the priority is set to use the satellite by default... just wondering if there's any difference in quality between the channels broadcast on each... i.e is bbc1 HD exactly the same on freesat and freeview or is the quality slightly different?

Thanks,
John

So you can picture the scene, I'm sure... I set a series to record any NEW episodes on a channel and it works absolutely great!
Wife comes along and decides she's going to do the same.... and again!!! (assuming she forgot she'd already done it)
I have three tuners, so as requested npvr records 3 copies of the same thing - totally understandable! It used up all the tuners and I then couldn't watch / record something else.... any way of making the subsequent requests to record the same thing automatically ignore themselves!?!?!? I have ticked the prevent duplicate recordings bit in npvr settings, but I guess this is slightly different.

Ta,
John

I cannot add a new recurring recording by hand. I get no errors but nothing happens either.
I have a utility that auto adds recurring recording entries when series as pilot episodes come up in the epg_event db. You can see those entries in the recurring recordings table.

Have I messed something up or is there another problem?

Thanks for looking

Jim Margarit

Been playing around with YAMMM and Media Center Master to create metadata for my Videos folders but it's been a bit unsatisfactory.

YAMMM creates XML files whose contents consist only of the title - it has options to create NFO files for XBMC and XML files for Windows Media Center while the NFO files are full of data but NPVR doesn't use them.

In contrast, MCM creates fairly rich XML files but NPVR doesn't seem to use those either, even if they have the same root name as the movie file.

What experience can others offer?

Is anyone looking at this - If I buy a LCD TV at some point (Or likely OLED by then) I'll probably go Samsung but I recently got a 65" Panasonic plasma and I LOVE the picture on it - I'm gutted Panasonic are ditching them but by the latest reviews some of their newest IPS panels look pretty promising.

Is it at all likely that a NPVR client might be developed by someone here for Panasonics? Their media playback capabilities are pretty good and it'll throw 99.9% of downloaded videos I throw at it, not sure on the development options for their smartTV platform though.

I couldn't get NPVR to launch with the green button on the remote - Even though I'd set the option in the config and renamed EHTRAY.EXE as documented it just wouldn't work for me..... Until I hit on an epyphany.

I didn't want to scrap the built in remote support and go for HIP or similar for the sake of one button so instead I used a BAT2EXE util to make an executable called EHSHELL.EXE in c:\windows\ehome that simply launched NPVR.EXE -

This way (After putting EHOMETRAY.EXE back) hitting the greenbutton gets Windows to attempt to Launch Media Center but instead it runs EHSHELL.EXE which runs NPVR - Problem solved.

Just updating the preset for Sutton Coldfield, can someone check I've done it right? Can't try it because I'm not on that transmitter yet.

http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=SK113003

It seemed that EPG data was not updating (I use mc2xml directed towards Microsoft). Through mc2xml support I found out that Microsoft is having server issues. Unable to use other work around, I switched to a Scehdules Direct trial following directions on wiki, got good XMLTV data, but NPVR will not update into it's TVGuide.

I have tried manually running update EPG.
I have cleared EPG then tried the update.
I have reinstalled NPVR (althought I did not remove it completely first - do I need to do this?).

Nothing seems to work.

What should I try next as I only have two days of guide information left? Can I add directly to db?

Attached are my logs and XMLTV files.

My NPVR works ok at all but the Main Menu doesn't display at all.
When the program starts the window is black, the same when prees Ctrl+S, the window becomes black.
Pressing mouse context button can access functions, but I can't find a way to make the main menu appears.

OK, solved, just in general settings I changed UI mode to PVR.